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Saturday, 14 November 2015

bleu blanc rouge

After the initial shock,
followed by emotions such as outrage, helplessness and anger, I am left with questions.

What was your point, guys?

I imagine the 77 virgins
waiting apprehensively, only to be disappointed yet again by an assortment of
body parts thrown into their laps….how they thread their needles and string
together a macabre necklace; would they
wear it, or stuff it into the box filled with similar necklaces.

Would you not much rather
have met a (wo)man here on earth, to hold, cherish and love him/her? To have been
cherished, loved and held in return?

11 comments:

It is hard to imagine the kind of nihilistic rage that would prompt such vicious acts. It seems clear that a seam of such fury does reside within us, ready to slash out at the inequities and pain the world can inflict. As Mo says, love is the only real answer.

Life has loveliness to sellAll beautiful and splendid things,Blue waves whitened on a cliff,Soaring fire that sways and sings,,And children's faces looking up,Holding wonder like a cup.

Life has loveliness to sell,Music like a curve of gold,Scent of pine trees in the rain,eyes that love you, arms to hold,And for your spirits still delight,Holy thoughts that star the night.

Spend all you have for loveliness,Buy it and never count the cost;For one white singing hour of peaceCount many a year of strife well lost,And for a breath of ecstacyGive all you have been, or could be

thank you for expressing outrage. these events are mind numbing. and you are closer. that makes a difference (some difference). (for instance, just one instance -- three of the 9/11 hijackers stayed in a hotel on Rte. 9 that I can walk to!!! the building, thankfully, has been torn down).

the backlash against Syrians here in American is another tragedy and provokes MORE outrage and sadness. my only, only satisfaction in the picture of ruin is that two of those suicide bombers utterly failed. Do they still get the virgins if they only kill themselves?

it's such a small thing to do Dee; i feel almost embarrassed, however saying nothing felt even worse; i imagine the terrorists, whatever damage they may or may not have inflicted, end up with nothing at all....

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why a blog

People kept asking me: what is it you paint? Instead of trying to describe my work I decided to start this blog; this is also why I started with posting the digital images I had of older paintings.

And I guess I also hoped the extra focus and discipline needed to maintain a blog, might give me new insight(s) into my work, my aspirations and possibly even my life.......if that's not too much to ask, thank you very much